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My 97 2.8t has a noisey clunk in the front end somewere.
I have checked the drive line and it is not that.It just goes clunk
going around a corner letting the clutch out.Any ideas???


Thanks Steve

87white60 wrote:My 97 2.8t has a noisey clunk in the front end somewere.
I have checked the drive line and it is not that.It just goes clunk
going around a corner letting the clutch out.Any ideas???

Its your body mount rubbers. Been there done that to about 4 patrols now. About $480 for a set for a LWB.

Either than or the floor pan is cracked where the firewall and floor meet.

but I'll go with the Bodymount rubbers worn away and its only the metal shaft left on metal body work.

The same was happening to mine and all the body mounts were loose. The rubbers were fine. I bought new bolts for the front and tightened all the mounts up now quiet as a mouse for about $20

bogged wrote:Its your body mount rubbers. Been there done that to about 4 patrols now. About $480 for a set for a LWB.

I did mine on the weekend and there was 10mm of height difference between the old and new. Even though the bolts were tight, there was not enough clamp in them to keep the body from moving around.

yah mine did the same, I just cut the spacers down a bit. about 10mm.

5upaMav wrote:

bogged wrote:Its your body mount rubbers. Been there done that to about 4 patrols now. About $480 for a set for a LWB.

I did mine on the weekend and there was 10mm of height difference between the old and new. Even though the bolts were tight, there was not enough clamp in them to keep the body from moving around.

yea I had photos of mine somewhere, they were the same as you describ, about 10mm diff at least.

Pics . . .

thats a hell of a difference. Makes me wanna get motivated to change out a few of my bushes.

screwy

Also check out the bolts in the radius arms to front diff for tightness, when going around a corner the suspension will cycle, putting twist in the front diff (against the bushes) and if loose, the bolts will make an audible 'clunk' when going around the corner. Test it by driving up a safe stretch of road, and swerve side to side several times, it will clunk at each direction change if these bolts are loose.

how much for a set for a GQ Shorty and what is the part number as nissan are trying to sell me a complete bush kit for $2300

swbpatrol wrote:how much for a set for a GQ Shorty and what is the part number as nissan are trying to sell me a complete bush kit for $2300

There are a couple of body mounts available. From memory the very front set were like $31 plus GST and the rest were something like $35 plus GST. There are 8 on a shortie (that I have seen), so about $350 all up.

Part numbers . . . I could get them if I still have the plastic bags that the mounts came in. I'll check.

thanks for that supa mav. Nice rig you have, have you got any good photos??

Screwy_ScrewBall wrote:thats a hell of a difference. Makes me wanna get motivated to change out a few of my bushes.

screwy

Yeah . . . it is an easy job. Took me a couple of hours on my own! Its just one of those unsexy jobs that doesn't make the truck any more capable. It does feel a lot better to drive now tho. Not so many of those funky "bump" noises.

5upaMav wrote:

Screwy_ScrewBall wrote:thats a hell of a difference. Makes me wanna get motivated to change out a few of my bushes.

screwy

Yeah . . . it is an easy job. Took me a couple of hours on my own! Its just one of those unsexy jobs that doesn't make the truck any more capable. It does feel a lot better to drive now tho. Not so many of those funky "bump" noises.

yeah i may just get around to it me thinks

screwy

I could only find two bags . . .

RUBBER ASSY-BOD 95510-06J00
RUBBER-BODY MOU 95520-06J00

swbpatrol wrote:thanks for that supa mav. Nice rig you have, have you got any good photos??

Yeah, I love my Mav. It might not be the prettiest or have the most mods but its been an absolute heap of fun. She is making way for a GU tho!!

Here is a pic of me going over the pimple at Black Duck Valley.